Ramona Shelburne
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Senior NBA Writer ESPN
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Via @ramonaespn.bsky.social: Sources told ESPN that the league has been proposed a 21-day extension. Two sides are still discussing length of the extension, which expires at midnight tonight.
A statement provided by the WNBPA to ESPN:
“We have proposed a six-week extension. We expect substantive movement from the league within this window.”
“We have proposed a six-week extension. We expect substantive movement from the league within this window.”
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Via @ramonaespn.bsky.social: Sources told ESPN that the league has been proposed a 21-day extension. Two sides are still discussing length of the extension, which expires at midnight tonight.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
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November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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Team that traded its unprotected first round pick is now 2-9
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Team that traded its unprotected first round pick is now 2-9
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Asked Nikola Jokic about the biggest difference for his team this year through 11 games
Jokic: "The bench unit. It's a lot of veterans. A lot of guys who care, who know how to play... know what their role is. And we have advantages in multiple positions."
Jokic: "The bench unit. It's a lot of veterans. A lot of guys who care, who know how to play... know what their role is. And we have advantages in multiple positions."
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Asked Nikola Jokic about the biggest difference for his team this year through 11 games
Jokic: "The bench unit. It's a lot of veterans. A lot of guys who care, who know how to play... know what their role is. And we have advantages in multiple positions."
Jokic: "The bench unit. It's a lot of veterans. A lot of guys who care, who know how to play... know what their role is. And we have advantages in multiple positions."
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Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle just became the fifth duo in NBA history to each put together a 20-point triple-double in a game, ESPN’s Michael C. Wright reports.
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle just became the fifth duo in NBA history to each put together a 20-point triple-double in a game, ESPN’s Michael C. Wright reports.
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Hey @ramonaespn.bsky.social this is a great quote. I immediately think of Searching for Bobby Fisher when Joe Mantegna schools Laura Linney🙂
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Hey @ramonaespn.bsky.social this is a great quote. I immediately think of Searching for Bobby Fisher when Joe Mantegna schools Laura Linney🙂
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I'll also be talking with @ramonaespn.bsky.social at Sinai Temple. Very excited for that one too!
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October 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I'll also be talking with @ramonaespn.bsky.social at Sinai Temple. Very excited for that one too!
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A good explainer by @ramonaespn.bsky.social & Kendra Andrews. I was wondering about Collier's clear conflict of interest re: Unrivaled, and if she ran any of that by the union head or any other union stakeholders.
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'Beyond repair': Napheesa Collier, Cathy Engelbert and a WNBA teetering on the brink
Amid the WNBA Finals, two of the most powerful people in the game are locked in a contentious battle -- for public opinion, power and money.
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October 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A good explainer by @ramonaespn.bsky.social & Kendra Andrews. I was wondering about Collier's clear conflict of interest re: Unrivaled, and if she ran any of that by the union head or any other union stakeholders.
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MLB uses pitchcom now so signs can’t be stolen. Pages is signaling pitch location here because Realmuto is being sloppy and setting up inside early.
But that didn’t matter because Strahm missed his location by three feet and threwq a flat 91-mile-per hour fastball into the nitro zone.
But that didn’t matter because Strahm missed his location by three feet and threwq a flat 91-mile-per hour fastball into the nitro zone.
October 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
MLB uses pitchcom now so signs can’t be stolen. Pages is signaling pitch location here because Realmuto is being sloppy and setting up inside early.
But that didn’t matter because Strahm missed his location by three feet and threwq a flat 91-mile-per hour fastball into the nitro zone.
But that didn’t matter because Strahm missed his location by three feet and threwq a flat 91-mile-per hour fastball into the nitro zone.
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Kawhi Leonard to @ramonaespn.bsky.social: “I understand the full contract and the services that I had to do. I deal with the conspiracies or the clickbait analysts or journalism that’s going on.”
September 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Kawhi Leonard to @ramonaespn.bsky.social: “I understand the full contract and the services that I had to do. I deal with the conspiracies or the clickbait analysts or journalism that’s going on.”
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This was a really fun story from @ramonaespn.bsky.social. www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
Tyrese Haliburton, Caitlin Clark and the most powerful friendship in basketball
From group chats to high-level X's and O's breakdowns, the two superstars have pushed themselves -- and each other -- to the top of the basketball universe.
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June 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This was a really fun story from @ramonaespn.bsky.social. www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
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Look at the job she’s done with the Pacer’s defense!!!
Great story by @ramonaespn.bsky.social
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Great story by @ramonaespn.bsky.social
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June 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Look at the job she’s done with the Pacer’s defense!!!
Great story by @ramonaespn.bsky.social
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Great story by @ramonaespn.bsky.social
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This ran on January 14. Think it held up OK.
At Y! Sports: I wrote about authoring encores, virtuous cycles, unsung heroes and the Indiana Pacers, red hot and back like they never left: yhoo.it/40adL3g
Here come the Pacers! Is their resurgence for real?
Indiana has been one of the NBA’s hottest teams, winning six straight, capped by an impressive win over the NBA-best Cavaliers on Sunday.
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June 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This ran on January 14. Think it held up OK.
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NBA Finals 2025: Tyrese Haliburton, Caitlin Clark and the most powerful friendship in basketball, via @ramonaespn.bsky.social
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Tyrese Haliburton, Caitlin Clark and the most powerful friendship in basketball
From group chats to high-level X's and O's breakdowns, the two superstars have pushed themselves -- and each other -- to the top of the basketball universe.
www.espn.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
NBA Finals 2025: Tyrese Haliburton, Caitlin Clark and the most powerful friendship in basketball, via @ramonaespn.bsky.social
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.@ramonaespn.bsky.social has been absolutely cooking lately. And she dropped another gem today!
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Tyrese Haliburton, Caitlin Clark and the most powerful friendship in basketball
From group chats to high-level X's and O's breakdowns, the two superstars have pushed themselves -- and each other -- to the top of the basketball universe.
www.espn.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
.@ramonaespn.bsky.social has been absolutely cooking lately. And she dropped another gem today!
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Really, really loved this one from @ramonaespn.bsky.social. www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
Parenting and game plans: Inside Jenny Boucek's extraordinary basketball journey to the Pacers
For decades, Boucek had professional dreams and personal ones -- and believed they were mutually exclusive. Now, as a mom and the first front-of-the-bench female assistant in the NBA, she's finally li...
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June 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Really, really loved this one from @ramonaespn.bsky.social. www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
It’s such a good play that she came up with after playing flag football and refined it with Sue Bird, who told me it works because “basketball defenses can’t guard you and hit you the way safeties in football can, so at some point they’ll be on their heels. “
Love this story from @ramonaespn.bsky.social about an in-bounds play drawn up by Pacers assistant coach Jenny Boucek, a rising star in the NBA who also happens to be a single mom.
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June 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It’s such a good play that she came up with after playing flag football and refined it with Sue Bird, who told me it works because “basketball defenses can’t guard you and hit you the way safeties in football can, so at some point they’ll be on their heels. “
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Just read @ramonaespn.bsky.social article on Parenting and game plans: Inside Jenny Boucek's extraordinary basketball journey to the Pacers www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
Parenting and game plans: Inside Jenny Boucek's extraordinary basketball journey to the Pacers
For decades, Boucek had professional dreams and personal ones -- and believed they were mutually exclusive. Now, as a mom and the first front-of-the-bench female assistant in the NBA, she's finally li...
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June 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Just read @ramonaespn.bsky.social article on Parenting and game plans: Inside Jenny Boucek's extraordinary basketball journey to the Pacers www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
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Teamed up with @zachkram.bsky.social, @bmarksespn.bsky.social, @ramonaespn.bsky.social and @mikecwright.bsky.social for a roundtable on the first two games of the NBA Finals, arguing the first two games showed a different but real version of "Make or Miss League": www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
2025 NBA Finals: NBA experts debate Thunder-Pacers Game 3 storylines, what's next
The Thunder evened the series on Sunday with a win over the Pacers. Here's what to watch heading into Game 3.
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June 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Teamed up with @zachkram.bsky.social, @bmarksespn.bsky.social, @ramonaespn.bsky.social and @mikecwright.bsky.social for a roundtable on the first two games of the NBA Finals, arguing the first two games showed a different but real version of "Make or Miss League": www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
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Thank you, @ramonaespn.bsky.social, for driving me to start drinking at 2 p.m. on a Friday.
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![In his book, "Stop [Bulls---ting] Yourself," Hanlen wrote: "The biggest thing holding [Haliburton] back was his lack of scoring aggressiveness. So I presented a challenge to him. I told him that if he wanted to work with me, he had to have 14 field goal attempts the next night against the Sixers."
Haliburton remembers that dinner well.
"He told me I have to believe in myself before he believes in me," Haliburton told ESPN after Game 1 on Thursday night.
Unbeknownst to him, Hanlen had been studying his tape for several weeks, because he also worked closely with Philadelphia's Joel Embiid, and the Sixers had engaged in trade discussions with the Kings on a trade that would've involved Haliburton and Ben Simmons.
Hanlen loved Haliburton's passing ability but worried his lack of aggression in scoring would limit the impact of his brilliant passing. Embiid encouraged Hanlen to keep studying the film, because Haliburton had certain aspects of his game the big man had never seen before.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyflytcyyyhawlrnnwiv25nd/bafkreidesrafspqd7kww4jc5xb2eftpxa7lb377hl23fmvxc7hvwjoz3ru@jpeg)
June 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Thank you, @ramonaespn.bsky.social, for driving me to start drinking at 2 p.m. on a Friday.
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A deep dive into what led to Thibs’s firing, from my teammate @ramonaespn.bsky.social www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
'He got outcoached': Why the Knicks fired their most successful coach in decades
Despite back-to-back 50-win seasons, whispers about Tom Thibodeau's future in New York had percolated for months.
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June 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A deep dive into what led to Thibs’s firing, from my teammate @ramonaespn.bsky.social www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
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Heat and Cavaliers have been in the NBA together since 1988-89 season
This will be the first time they meet in the playoffs.
This will be the first time they meet in the playoffs.
April 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Heat and Cavaliers have been in the NBA together since 1988-89 season
This will be the first time they meet in the playoffs.
This will be the first time they meet in the playoffs.
The Lakers traded two of their best defensive players, but have maintained a unique and elite defense. Here’s how: www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
What's behind this stifling, confusing LeBron-led Lakers defense
For months, the Lakers have confused and angered some the NBA's biggest offensive stars with a defensive scheme no one can quite figure out. It'll be tested again Saturday, when they face off against ...
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April 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Lakers traded two of their best defensive players, but have maintained a unique and elite defense. Here’s how: www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
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My latest for @espn.com: Went long on a subject that comes up every season around this time: Tom Thibodeau and the minutes-heavy Knicks are at it again www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
'Everybody has to run their own race': Will Thibs' strategy doom the minutes-heavy Knicks?
It's been nearly 40 years since a team this reliant on its starters reached the NBA Finals.
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April 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My latest for @espn.com: Went long on a subject that comes up every season around this time: Tom Thibodeau and the minutes-heavy Knicks are at it again www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
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Like @ramonaespn.bsky.social ‘s Severance comment on my man Hurley, but that man is 100% reintegrated and is in full control of the whole spectrum of those personalities…and that’s why we love him lol
March 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Like @ramonaespn.bsky.social ‘s Severance comment on my man Hurley, but that man is 100% reintegrated and is in full control of the whole spectrum of those personalities…and that’s why we love him lol